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Re: impressive debuts....

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lapsedcatFeb 11, 2008
 

 
Indeed, although Nicholas, the consumate pro, always pretends that it
has never happened before. I guess it's his way of trying to keep the
audience enthused...

--- In just-a-minute@..., Robert Torres
<bobbyshaddoe3004@...> wrote:

>
> The notion of a panelist buzzing themselves isn't exactly new, but

it is a rarity that only occurs every so often, sometimes to varying
degrees of humor and success and also varying degrees of consistency
when it comes to rulings with the awarding of points.

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> frankntom <frankntom@...> wrote: Jack Dee and his

impressive debut got me thinking about a few of the

> other first shows i've enjoyed: arthur smith and josie lawrence

being

> two that popped into my brain immediately. ( It was very obvious how
> much fun Arthur Smith was having!) And then there is
> Tim Brooke-Taylor, who won the show the first time he played. I

can't

> think of another player who's done that....are there more?
>
> And why is it that he's only appeared two other times, the most

recent

> of which was when Kenneth Williams was still a regular? Is it
> something to do with his being on ISIHAC? (which had to have been
> running already by his last JAM)
>
> I listened to that show again recently (it's 265 in the "very

special"

> pack from the ABC and sounds great!), and was surprised to hear him
> buzz himself. I thought that was a newer tactic, but this program

was

> from 1979. Has that trick been going on since the series began?
>
> joan
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